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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

The Old South Is spoken of as some>
thing no longer tangible and real, and
with men now living who have acted
their part in the drama OF life, but
they are referred to as fpast and gone,
and for whom there is no resurrection,
just as we speak OF the Dodo and the
MastodoD, each great il its way, but
extinct. There Is a tendency in the
younger generation to beiittie the Old
South In order to make q good back
ground for the New, sometimes de-
generating into gusb. For them /
have no criticism except to aay that I
believe It Is an excess of zeal. But
for such man as Gable, who "crooks
the pregnant hinges of the knee where
thrift follows fawning," and grows fat
by pandering to base prejudices, aud
stabs the mother who gave him 0irth,
and that state which has emblaxoue<i
on her escutcheon q pelican feeding
her young, emblematic of her devotion
to her children, for such man have
nothing but condemnation. / IsfSse
not be understood as not keeping fully
abreast OF the times, or obtivtous OF
the march Of progress, but that the
New can ever excel the Old South In
lava Au'6u'!y SOutsCoyS CHU01tu8 mug
Arthur and his knights of the Round
Table, In her chiidren's devotion to
true manhood, In regard for truth, In
willingness to fight for principle with
out counting the cost, do not believe.
One figure OF the old South stands out
sharply defined aud outltned--n man
born OF family OF hereditary virtue
and honor, cast In natures noblest
mold, modest amidst victory. calm
and self possessed In defeat, brave As
lion with all the necklaces Of q Chris.
tian, he stands as an examplar for the
youth Of the country. Need I say
that can refer to but one man-the
Incompatible, the peerless Robert Il.
Lee? And ! think l can see tho
horizon of that not far distant future
when the whole country, knowing no
North, no South, no East, no Wost,
will claim his valor and his virtues,
not as aSoutherner, but rs an American
and as common heritage.
Gentlemen OF the Common Council
of Vicksburg, we accept this site, 90
pretttly situated, as o renewed token
oi regard for the people of Louisiana
and her soldiers, and we leave AZ a
pledge OF our fealty tho bones Of our
dead to mingle with the soil Of Mis-
sfssfppf; and we now turn this monu-
ment over to tho City of Vicksburg,
to be in perpetual charge OF the Ladies'
Cemetery Association, in
the confident belief that those who
were 80 kind and gentle 70 the living
will not neglect their dead.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
THE PLACE FOK THEM.
(South Illustratod.l

lSouth illustrated.
Every possible effort should bo lnado
to turn part of this years tide of
immigration into Louisiana. No State
in the Union offers better advantages
to the Immigrant than Louisiana. It's
climate is mild, fertility of its soil Is
unexcelled, and II has excellent trans.
portation facilities, flrst-clsss markets,
churches, schools, and all the conven-
tences desired by home-seekers. It Ia
free from the violent meteorological
disturbances OF other sections of the
country, and II offers every INDUCE
meut for settlers who come here with
the intention of being good citizens,
1t is not only to tho Immigrant
from abroad that an Invitation should
be extended, but to the people from
other States. During the last few
years many Western people have come
to Louisiana to live, and all of thom,
80 far as heard from, are thoroughly
pleased with their new homes. Their
experience is the best possible proof of
the excellence of this State as a place
OF residence.
Louisiana throws her gates wide
open to brains and enterprise, capital
and labor, and pays handsome returns
on judiciOus investments. More than
that, she gives her new citizens all tho
benefits OF her generous hospitality and
good living.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS,
shreveport Tiines.1


1t is very common belief among
many good people that the young man
who enters upon political career has
committed a grave error, even if he
has not entirely destroyed his prospects
in life. But nevertheless the history
of this country is filled with examples
OF young men who have won for them
selves power, wealth and renown in
tho arena of politics. Ben Hill early
entered upon political career; so did
Henry Clay, and half a hundred others.
They did not get down into the cess
pools of politics; they took that higher
view which sees in a public career only
the means of beneftting their fellow
mon. And their names are now indis-
solubly linked with the history Of their
country.
a young man who enters political
life before he has become thoroughly
established in his chosen profession is
in our judgment making serious
blunder. No man should make politics
a profession there should always be
back OF and supporting every political
aspiration the full and complete capac-
ity to earn livelihood in some busi-
from politics. A young lawyer with a
future well assured may enter political
life as diversion or as means of en-
iarging his sphere of usefulness, but he
should never permit his political life
to overshadow his professional life.
But ii is not our purpose so much to
discuss the advisa bility of the entrance
OF young men into politics as to out
line the circumstances which should
attend their entrance upon a public
career. We take it, first and foremost,
that no young man can afford to offer
himself for political promotion when
nc must look TO coterie or ring of
men to advance his fortunes. There is
nothing that so completely robs the
intellect of every vestige of is power
as the ring fetters which are sometimes
sought TO be wound about the brow of
,, the ambitious young mind just enter
ing upon n political career. To be
forced TO so TO headquarters for opin-
ions is to act the slave; and the young
man who acts the slave once will never
be free again.
There is nothing that gives US more
pleasure than to aid the career Of the
high-minded, proud, ambitious young
Democrat, who, rising by force of char
! acter and intellect, alone seeks to make
for himself a name in the history of his
State. The Times is ever ready 10
reach out the helping hand OF the press,
and let the people know what the
young men OF Louisiana are doing
But we are equally prepared on every
occasion to warn them that an entrance
upon public career under ring or boss
auspices is as fatal TO success as the
commission o: n crime is fatal to moral
grandeur of soul. The young men
should enter politics, but they should
enter as young men, free and untram'
melied, not as the creatures Of any mar
or set OF men.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

No sound tho silence of tho night is break
ing,
Like waves that slulnbcr on tho deep.
Traffic is still. The scribe alone is waking !;
Tho night is old, tho world long since
asleep.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

Pleasant Thurman, father of the OK
Senator and "nobie old Roman" of
Ohio, was carpenter OF shiftless hab-
Its, but Of religious turn Of mind.
Now and then he preached, and In
old-fashionod Methodist "revivals" he
was great shoutcr. Allen was n
slender, tow-headed boy, pale and del
icate and quiet in habits. He was not
noted for brilliancy, but was careful
and industrious. Before he was ad-
United to the bar he was q saddier,
and while working at that trade no
met Miss Macarthur, daughter OF u
man of wealth and social rank. He
asked the privilege of escorting her
home from the gsthering where they
first met, but she rather haughtily re-
fused him, not wishing TO associate
with "a mere mechanic" But she
afterward changed her mind and be-
came Mrs. Thurman.-Ji0cs.D D,0.ocy1f.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

West Poiat graduates in civil life
may hereafter attach TO their ordinary
signatures the letters "U. 5. NJ. a. g.,
United States Military Academy
Graduates. -CHy item.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

In Initiation OF the campaign cries OF
tho last Presidential contest, the Nc.
Gtynn prosessionists of last Saturday
night made the streets of New York
ring with the refrain: "Don't, don't,
don't go TO Rome" Among the nu-
merous mottos on the transparencies
were the following: "Our purses will
be opened when our pastor is restored"
"Loyal Catholics, we are as loyal
Americans" "Dr. McGiynn is our
pastor, and we can not live without
him." "As Catholics, we believe in
the faiherhood OF jod and the brother
hood of man" "God made the land
for tho people," awe want no foreign
~. u. City Item.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
MONROE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY. JULY 2, 1887

But here is Il thing that must 80 in to-day,
Ills fresh and would certainly fade.
BE alive! and run up to the foreman and
That room for this copy be matie.''
where shall put it 20 the forem All cries
''There is never u vacant place.
"Well,'' the brisk editor quickly replies,
Just put it outside the chase"
Whom tasks are DER and fancies soar
From earth to things elysian,
Another kind of mood we find
Affects tho writer's vision.
Rcvcric.
No sound tho silence Of tho night is break
ing,
Like waves that slumbcr on tho deep.
Traffic is still. Tho scribe alone is waking !;
The night is old, tho world long since
asleep.
Tho night glows soft with distant worlds
Tho earth is silent as the heavenly sphere,
When memory swells tho heart with re-
collection.
OF scenes and forms and faces still so dear.
The r-gone past is in tho present living
The vanished lovo-light shines from day
of yore:
The years their precious treasures back arc
With childish forms about his path once
more.
Tho playful patter OF tho feet, tho voices
S:rikeon tho car again with thrilling tone
In tondest melodies the soul rejoices-
The loving soul that greets again its own.
With sweetest notes of holy rapture thrill
ing,
The heart transported with supreme do
light,
When. oh, whilo grief again the soul is
filling,
The vision slowly fades away with night.
lie feels tho spirits of tho loved ones hover
a moment round him in angelic band,
And sees tho 1ondly cherished forms cross
over
The soundless sca and roach tho shadowy
land.
Eyes grown dim with binding tears that
Elisten,
Tho rising mists conceal tho distant
Shore
Calling, calling hear tho echoes listenl
Oh, childish voices, come again oncc
moro.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

Real before the Louisiana Press Association nj
Lake Charles, June Il, lSS1.
Prologue.
Sweet with the melody of grace and youth
Sang ''Vivian'' of the capitolian Truth:
Sang of the puzzled journalist who sought
In vain to fix his aimless wandering
thought,
Moro bright than vision in an. artists
Within tho sanctum stood child so fair
That sunshine quivered in her golden hair !
To us no cherub brings celestial fire.
Our wayward Thoughts and fancies to in
We, sometimes. in our daily search for
Arc lucky If we hit a happy mood.
sel.Coucei,.
The world, so he thought, at his feet.
His mind ifluniined the sanctum air
And his conscience OF power was sweot
Creating, not loading opinion, his caro-
A spark from the flash OF his pen
Would bring at his beck to do and to
dare
An army of thousands of men!
The world ever waiting and ready to learn.
TO listen and bow and obey,
their turn,
And running and hiding away.
The wise and tho gifted all eager to earn
Applause from this chief of their kind,
TO bend at his aItarS and incense to burn
To his great and pre-emincnt mind.
Political dognias and problems Of State,
The question of Office to fill,
Crushing opponents and dealing out fate
Are only tho freaks of his will.
None but his friends are tho pure and tho
And tho wise for all others are mad,
And the names that adorn his infaIliblo slate
Are good, and all others arc bad.
~.
When years have tempered the fire in his
And softened the pride of his heart,
And vanity s quenched i'll tho longing sigh
For touch Of tho journalists art
Let the editor wake to his mission high
Pealing like bells on the night,
Let the ringing notes OF his clarion cry
Go forth for tho peoples right!
If self does sometimes rulo instead
or other inspiration,
And craving souls are often fed
On self-sought adulation,
Yet other moods affect tho scribe,
Leave marks upon his papers;
For instance when he doth imbibc
And cut up merry capers.
Why, then he thinks his mighty hoad
Holds wisdom for the billion
While wayward fingers mix tho rod
And paint all things vermillion.
Again, perchance, hc falls in love
Another form of ftipSy-
And raves about his heavenly dove,
A saucy little gypsy.
Tho scissors, proof, revise and paste
All have the hue of roses;
The very type is interlaccd
With violots and posics.
'ris angel oyos, and angel hair,
And every line 4 moral
fruby lips and teeth as fair
As pearls set i'll tho coral.
But all things pass, at least thoy SOON
TO settle to tho real;
And when ono marrioS then tho dream
No longer is ideal.
Porchanco, the first sweet liulc child
May give an inspiration,
But scribes become not very wild
With endless iteration.
And us the number grows apaco
1t wakes no pOct'S fancy
70 watch spring up noisy race
AS If by nccromancy.
All! then when wolves and dangers lark
The writer must bo toilinG
And inspiration sock IN work
10 keep tho pot a-boilng.
The Driving Mood.
Turn at tho crank, it is GRIND, grind,
Though ono be weary,
Though it is dreary,
Turn. turn, turn, at tho mind.
Turn. turn, grist from the brain;
nliI n ,vhf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
TIE EDYTOH'S MOODS.
RY ]. Il. WILKINSON, JR.

Real before the Louisiana Press Association ut
Lake Charles, June l5 lSS1.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

But here is thing that must so in to-day,
'Tis fresh and would certainly fade.
BE alive! and run up to the foreman and
say
That room for this copy be made"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

Where shall put it ?" the foreman cries
'.Thcre is never u vacant place.
''Well.' the brisk editor quickly replies,
Just put it outside the chase"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

Whom tasks are DER and fancies soar
From earth to things elysian,
Another kind of mood we find
Affects tho writer's vision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
LOSSES IN VARIOUS PLACES.

RooKLAND, No. March 3.-,Ths place is disturbed over
the proceedings OF mysterious incendary. One two
fires occurred each week since July OF last yeai
twenty incendary fires have occurred In the north
ern part Of the city, all within radius OF half mile
few weeks attempt TO burn the Pine Grove school
house made while religious meeting progress
IN the upper story Three separate attempts have been
made TO burn this building Last night attempt was
made to burn the cooper shop OF James spanding, on
Janes-st shavngs piled up around the door and
igned and had burned the OF the building when
the fire department arrived and exngushed the flames
CHICAGO March "A dispatch TO The Inter Ocean
from Cherokee Iowa, says: "Kennedys clothing store
the Kellogg Building. Steee's bank and several other
structures were burned this morning. Tho loss is
$4,000.
PROVIDENCE. March 3-Iron's largo wooden building,
one OF the principal structures In Olncyville dam
aged by fire early this morning The drygoods stock OF
Wiesman Bros, In the building, was damaged " the
amount OF about VI. 200 fully insured.
BRoCKroS, Mass, March 3.-Shortly after IL o'clock
last night fire broke out In the thrccstory brick block
at Main and Crescent sts, owned by Henry l. Bryan,
aud occupied by number Of stores and Offices The fire
caused loss OF $4,000 OF which $1,000 10 on the build.
Ing Jerry Sweeney the watchDan was arrested this
morn ing. lie was intoxicated last night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
DEMOCRATIC STUPIDITY ExENPLIFIED.

WAsnINGToS March 3 (specidD.-At o'clock this
morning with fifteen hours OF Congress remaining, with
ten thousand people throngng the corridors and Hobbies
of the House and perspng in its crowded galleries. with
the Senate engaged in the consideration OF General De-
acency bill which had already passed the House. under
suspension OF the rules Mr. Burnes Of Missouri rose
and capped the climax OF Democratic imbecty and inca
pacity lie offered what he called an Urgent Deli
cheney BILL which he said contained such items OF the
General Deficiency bill which passed tho House yes
eray as were To the committees OF both
houses lie besougnt the House To this manned and
Imperfect makesh and thrust IL In the face OF the SEN
ate which was supposed lie celebrating freely prop
ostons which ha reached from the House more than
hours before Probably the whoe history OF
legislation In Congress does not furnish parallel for this
exhibition and yet the majority seemed to take II as
passed the bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
THE OCEAN MAIL DISAGREEMENT

WASHINGTON. March tSpecab.-Late this afternoon
the House conerees the Post Office bill were as stub
In their determination TO reject the Senate
amendment appropriang 100000 for the transporta-
ton OF ocean mails in American steamships There Is an
IMPRESSION however that the House may at last yield in
this and depend upon Postmaster General Villas
to the intention Of Congress, he did two years
ago Several OF tho California representatives
who were at first disposed TO vote against the
amendment because tho Pacific Steamship Com
pany was excluded from any prospective benefit
under IL have modified their views on account
OF the receipt OF telegram from the president OF the
Pacific Mail steamship Company to the secretary OF the
Shipping League. President Houston says:
Although everybody under the United states Govern
men OBSTRUCTION OF the Pacific
steamship Company stl IL gives us pleasure TO see
other assisted CARRYING the flag OF our country We
hope you Will all friends 10 support the bill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
srEALING ROnLANGERS VIEW EXPLOSIVE.

General Bouanger has instituted searching inquiry
into a robbery OF about a kogramme OF the new
plosive melinte. The robbery was. II is stated commit
ted during night the Sd of February at the Powder
Magazine OF Sevran. where the explosive Is kept In
a special magazine. The wOrkmen employed In tho
OF the mene subject To the strctest OF
rules and carefully searched before leaving their
workshops which, together with the magazines,
rounded by q wall three metres In height. Notwithstanding
ing all the precautions which have been taken, guard
employed inside the magazine IN watch the stoves In
which the powder prepared during the day is dried at
night thought he two men sinking out OF the magA
zine. Instead OF running after them the man on duty
soldiers and the gendarmes from vry at beat tho
country all round the magazine In or near which one
was discovered, but the following morning II per-
ceyed that OF the special magazine In which the
melnte kept had been opened and that about klo-
ganme OF that explosive had been purloned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
GLAZING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON. March tspeetaD.--The House to-day
agreed to the Senate amendments to the bill which en-
larges the right Of private individuals to sue the United
states II is not probable that the result will
no TO remove from Congress very large
nroporton of the private claims which now
burden ts files II may. however future relief
Hereafter not only in cases where citizen has claim
nndsr contract an Of Congress, etc.. 1t can be con-
sered under the present law, but where he has claim
in equity admiralty, provided that It be
ment and may elect whether to bring his suit In
the Court of Claims Washington or In the United States
s,,tct Court of the district in which he lives or In
which the liability incurred The bill also provides
that either OF Congress send any claim before
II 10 the Court Claims for adjudication and report so
Tar IA the facts concerned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
CHARGING A PRIEST WITH DRUNKENNESS.

man, who resembed priest, was found sitting on
the curbstone at Greenwich and Charlton last
ing by officer Chadwick. The mans clothing COW
cred with mud and filth and he profound state Of
drunkenness When taken to the Prince street station
he said that he was Father UNeill of Brooklyn, but
would not say anything further about himself. He car
RED In his hand letter addressed " the editor o
paper and signed Peter ONe priest OF the Holy Cath
0lc Church. He requests. In his letter. the editor 10
publish the document In full aud also another letter
directed to Bishop John lDghli Of brooklyn. Father
0hei upbi aids the Bishop his letter having treated
him hashy when he started the ministry and demands
sent Father ONeill to CELL against his
and the charge Of drunkenness the bloter
opposite his name.